Dear ca314159:

"ca314159" wrote in message
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Joe Jakarta wrote:
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Where's *your* money, ladies and gentlemen?

1. Lack of funding.
2. Johnsen-Rahbek effect on the solar panels.

Did these spacecraft (Pioner 10 and 11) even have solar panels?
They were built for "outer system" work, and solar panels would
be useless.

David A. Smith